About This Project
For Keavan’s Port (J. D. Wetherspoon), Camden Street, the Practice provided conservation leadership for the restoration and adaptive reuse of an early 19th-century terrace of eight buildings. Vacant for an extended period, the terrace exhibited severe water ingress, damp-related deterioration and dry rot. A conservation-first repair strategy was developed to arrest decay, conserve significant fabric, and facilitate alteration for hotel use in collaboration with JDW Architects (KDPA).
The project also encompassed conservation and restoration works to a mid-terrace former convent house and an early 20th-century chapel to the rear (not designated Protected Structures). A new-build hotel wing was introduced behind the terrace to provide additional accommodation, set back to protect the primacy of the historic buildings and arranged to form a linear courtyard, while respecting the chapel as an important element within the ensemble.
The scheme delivered approximately one hundred bedrooms and reinstated the full Camden Street frontage across the eight buildings, representing a major upgrade to the architectural quality and character of the streetscape.
